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N-VAR
熱帶叢林；密林
A jungle is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together.
例句
...the mountains and jungles of Papua New Guinea...
巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞的山脈和叢林
The mountain area is covered entirely in dense jungle.
山區(qū)完全掩映在茂密的叢林中。
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N-SING
堆滿東西的地方；雜亂無(wú)章的地方
If you describe a place as a jungle, you are emphasizing that it is full of lots of things and very untidy.
例句
...a jungle of stuffed birds, knick-knacks, potted plants.
堆滿了鳥(niǎo)類標(biāo)本、小擺設(shè)和盆栽植物的亂七八糟的地方
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N-SING
復(fù)雜困難的境況；爾虞我詐的環(huán)境
If you describe a situation as a jungle, you dislike it because it is complicated and difficult to get what you want from it.
例句
Social security law and procedure remain a jungle of complex rules.
有關(guān)社會(huì)保障的法律和程序仍舊是個(gè)充滿錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的規(guī)則的危險(xiǎn)領(lǐng)域。
...the examination jungle.
競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的考試
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PHRASE
叢林法則；弱肉強(qiáng)食的原則
If you refer to the law of the jungle, you are referring to a situation in which there are no laws or rules to govern the way that people behave and people use force to get what they want.
例句
If you make aggression pay, this becomes the law of the jungle...
如果你通過(guò)侵略謀取利益，這就成了弱肉強(qiáng)食。
The law of the jungle demands: kill or be killed.
叢林法則要求的是：殺戮或者被殺。
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N-UNCOUNT
叢林音樂(lè)（一種有著快節(jié)奏鼓點(diǎn)的舞曲）
Jungle is a style of dance music with a fast drum beat.